Performance of argon-xenon mixtures in a gas proportional scintillation counter for the 0.110 keV X-ray region

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 437-440

  Do Carmo, S J C ^a   Borges, F I G M ^a   Conde, C A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Argon detectors; Energy resolution; Gas detectors; Proportional gas scintillation detectors; X ray detectors; X ray spectroscopy; Xenon detectors

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAS PROPORTIONAL SCINTILLATIONS; GASEOUS DETECTORS; PEAK-TO-VALLEY RATIOS; PROPORTIONAL GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SOFT X-RAYS; X-RAY DETECTORS; X-RAY ENERGIES; XENON MIXTURES;

ARGON; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; LUMINESCENCE; MIXTURES; NEUTRON DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

XENON;

EID: 64749110168     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2013952     Document Type: Article

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